By R.A. R.
Because it was quoted, in
part, last Thursday evening
at a public meeting of the
Donegal School Board, we
looked up the passage and
found that the late Grantland
Rice, famous sports writer,
enned these words:
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“When the One Great Scor-
er comes to write against
your name—
He marks — not how you
won or lost — but how
you played the game.”
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Depending, of course, on
your own philosophy, the
idea expressed 1. — grants
heavenly reward for trying,
without success or 2. — offers
solace for mediocrity and
failure to achieve.
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We have believed for many
years that one of the great un-
sung virtues of athletics is the
stimulation of a fire of com.
rp titiveness, a desire for win-
ning and a thirst for success.
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This week’s “Family Week-
ly,” nationally circulated sup-
plement inserted with Sunday
newspagers, carried a story
about “Why Do Successful
People Always Seem to Make
The Right Decisions?”
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Pictured with the article
were four highly successful
people in various fields of in-
dustry.
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One was Harry Noedinger,
vice-president in charge of
sales and promotion of the
F. W. Woolworth company.
He is the only brother of Mrs.
James Heilig. A resident of
New York working in the
Woolworth building in Man-
hattan, he began his career
as a stock boy in the Lancast-
er Woolworth store on North
Queen street.
Ralph M.Snyder
R. D. 3
Mount Toy, Pa.
THE
MOUNT
JOY
Mount Joy's ONLY Newspaper —
ULLETIN
Devoted to the Best Interest and Welfare of Mount Joy
VOL. 73. NO, 5
MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1972
Gayne Deshler Signs
To Coach D.H.S. Football
Gayne Deshler, 27, of Lan-
caster will be Donegal high
school’s football coach for
the 1972 season, it appears
this week.
And, at least one of his as-
sistants will be Dennis Iezzi,
21, of Birdsboro, Pa.
The two men were selected
Thursday night, June 15,
without a negative vote, at an
executive session of the
school board, immediately fol-
lowing its June public meet-
ing.
Monday the two men were
at Donegal high school and
signed contracts which were
expected to be ratified offic-
Picked to Attend
Girls' State
Heather Mumma, 744 West
Main street, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Adin H. Mumma,
has been named as a delegate
to the 1972 American Legion
Auxiliary’s Girls State, to be
held June 25 to July 2 at the
Shippensburg State college.
A Donegal high school pu-
pil, she is a member of the
National Honor Society and
has been active on the news-
paper staff, yearbook editor
and president of the Booster
club.
She is sponsored at Girls
State by Unit No. 809, May-
town American Legion Auxil-
iary.
‘Of This and That’
The poet said, “What is so
rare as a day in June?”
This week, in Mount Joy, a
perceptive young lady, think-
ing about the many inches of
rain we have had this month,
paraphrased the quotation
thus: “What is so rare as a
NICE day in June?”
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The editor, who rarely
grumbles about the weather,
except for heavy snows, has
also been a little out of pa-
tience with June so far this
year. But he hastens to point
out that Lancaster County
couldn’t be the ‘‘garden spot
of America’ without a gener-
ous amount of rainfall!
And of course that is true.
The lushness of the vegeta-
tion, the bountiful nature of
the fall harvests in Lancaster
County are heavily dependent
upon an abundance of mois-
ture.
But must it all come in
June—and on the week ends?
#* * *
Two little nature notes:
One evening last week we
were enjoying the coming of
dusk in the country, out at
John Wenger's barn, near
Donegal Springs.
Suddenly there was move-
ment out near the - paddock
fence, and three fat, sleek,
shiny raccoons came lumber-
ing nonchantly up to the barn.
It appeared to be a family
—two full grown coons and a
smaller one.
They paid no attention to
us, but “waddled” up to the
forebay, their noses twitching
and their “masked” faces giv-
ing them the appearance of a
trio of little robbers!
We watched them, fascin-
swallow would swoop
by the editor's wife
ated, as they investigated the
area, occasionally seeming to
find something to nibble on,
For 15 or 20 minutes they
“poked around,” and then
went back down through the
paddock and disappeared un-
der the fence!
* * *
The same evening, a little
earlier, we enjoyed watching
a barn swallow ‘“‘tease” two
kittens who were frolicking
near the barn.
The pert little fork-tailed
low
over the Kittens, suddenly
dart right at them, and then
as suddenly stop in mniid-air,
change direction, and quickly
fly away.
It was definitely a game, for
it went on and on in exactly
the same way for quite a
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ially by the board Wednesday
noon of this week at a special
meeting, originally called to
finalize the 1972-73 budget.
Deshler, who was assistant
coach under Jack Cassebaum
at McCaskey, follows Henry
A. “Al” Brooks.
Brooks had coached ten
years at Donegal. There has
been no change in his teach.
ing assignment as driver edu-
cation instructor.
The new head football coach
is a graduate of Kutztown
state college, where he played
in the backfield. He will teach
fourth grade elementary,
probably at Maytown.
His assistant, who also sign-
ed a contract Monday, is a "72
graduate of Albright college.
He will teach social studies in
the high school.
Schoolmen were vague this
week about salaries, The dis-
trict’s salary calls for Deshler
TEN CENTS
1972 Playground Begins
Summer playgrounds in the Donegal
school district
will open on Monday, June 26, under the direction of War-
ren Hayman, and will have a complete program for a six-
weeks period.
Four playgrounds, as in the past, will be operated. They
are at Marietta, Maytown, Grandview school and at
Mount Joy Borough Park.
the
In addition to the activities at the playgrounds, there
will be a waterfront program at the Mount Joy Community
pool.
Besides the director, personnel for operating the 1972
program will include:
Mrs. Jean Hosler, Mrs. Robert Eno and Sue O'Connor,
swim program; Jeff Witman, Lynn Hoffman. Barb Reuter and
Eileen Buchanan, Marietta; Jack Frank and Ds2b Roberts.
Maytown; Edwin Miller, and
Sue Stark, Grandview, and
James Sarbaugh, and Mrs. Doris Shaud, Mount Joy Borough
Park.
Instrumental music lessons will be in charge of Morrell
Shields at Beahm, Riverview, Maytown and Grandview build-
ings.
The playground program will close August 4.
: A new ruling this year states that no child will be per-
mitted for free swims unless he or she is registered in the
Learn to Swin program. Also,
a child must be registered in
the playground program to be allowed to take swimming
lessons, according to Mr. Hayman.
to make about $8,500 as a
classroom teacher. Brooks in
addition to his teaching, made
approximately $1,000 as head
coach.
Last year, first-year teach-
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Two to Attend
Keystone 'State’
Two area boys have been
chosen to attend Keystone
Boys State.
John Frey, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Marlin O. Frey, 120 New
Haven street and Scott Zeller
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
H. Zeller, 122 N. Barbara St.,
will attend Keystone
State at Penn State univers-
ity. June 25 - July 2 as repre-
sentatives of Post 185 Ameri-
can Legion.
The Pennsylvania American
Legion Keystone Boys State
was organized in 1936 for the
purpose of educating the
youth of our Commonwealth
in the duties and privileges of
American citizenship. It is an
“experience in government,”
whereby the boys receive
practical training in state and
local governments as they ex-
ist in Pennsylvania.
Keystone Boys State is bas-
ed on the premise that a
basic knowledge of the funda-
mentals of our form of gov-
ernment will bring every citi-
zen to a realization that in a
democracy the security of his
rights and privileges depends
upon his individual accep-
tance of the responsibilities in-
herent in them. The boys el-
ect their own officials and
debate the issues of our time.
Time To Buy
Only a few. days
bicycle riders can purchase 1972-73
fore the deadline.
Bike License
remain in which Mount Joy
licenses Dbe-
Police Chief J. Bruce Kline said this week that
June 30 is the last day for using 1971-72
plates.
The new tags, which sell for 50 cents,
license
may
may be purchased at the police station in the bor-
ough building.
tween 9 a.m,
bike riders.
and 3
Special help will be available be-
p.m. on Saturdays to assist
As of last week, Kline estimated that
700 people still should be buying plates before the
first of July.
Boys -
Seventy-Five Plus Prizes
Thursday, June 14, was a
very special day for senior
citizens of this community!
On that day they were hon-
ored by the Jaycees and Joy-
cee-ettes at the 16th annual
Seventy-Five Plus dinner par-
ty, held at Hostetters.
One of the highlights of the
evening was the presentation
of prizes, which this year
were fruit baskets.
Winners were:
David Eby, 91, Donegal
Springs road, for attending
all 16 dinners;
Dr. and Mrs. Chester W.
Todd of the Schock Presby-
terian home, and Mr. and
Mrs, Christ Brubaker, Man-
heim R3, for being married
the longest time (both 62 yrs.)
Mrs. Anna Zercher, for dri-
ving the oldest car (1948);
Harvey Hoffman, 85, Rheems,
for the largest number of
grandchildren (15);
Mrs. Mary Strickler, Mes-
siah Home, Harrisburg, who
traveled the greatest distance
to attend.
The Rev. Stephen W. Getty
played his accordion and gave
the invocation,
Following dinner singing
was led by the Rev. William
A. Groff of Elizabethtown,
who also presented one of his
Biblical characterizations —
“The Rich Young Ruler.”
Preparations for the dinner
began several months ago and
the event was staged by the 2
organizations ‘“‘to show their
appreciation for the town’s
older residents.”
In charge of the arrange-
ments this year were:
Larry Gainer, John Harn-
ish, Rev. Stephen Gelty, Mrs.
Ronald Hawthorne, Mrs. Carl
Hallgren and Mrs. Stephen
Getty.
Others helping were: Mrs.
William G. Grove, publicity
chairman; Mrs, Larry Gainer,
Mrs. Michael Aument; Mrs.
Jay Kretzing, Mrs. Leo
Moore; Mrs. Andrew Reymer
Mrs. Dennis Fackler; Mrs. Pa-
trick Moran; Mrs. Rudy Ney;
Miss Connie Weber; Ronald
Hawthorne; Andrew Reymer;
Jay Kretzing; Clair Snook;
‘Music in Park’ Indoors
Mount Jo’s first ‘Music in
the park” inside was held on
Sunday evening, June 18, as
Four New Jeeps
For Mail Carriers
Four, brand new, red, white
and blue Jeeps have been
added to the Mount Joy post
office’s motorized fleet.
The right-hand drive wvehic.-
les were delivered Friday and
are to go into service within
the next few days.
Borough door-to-door letter
carriers will use the machines
on their routes, loading all
their mail, including parcel
post packages. Working out of
the Jeep, they will not be
using relay points and boxes
as in the past.
The new specially-built cars
bring the local postal fleet of
vehicles to five. An instructor
was working this week with
all personnel involved, teach-
ing them the “tricks” of driv-
ing the special machine.
Joe Heckert; Bob Derr; Jim
Shank, and J:ff Brown.
unfavorable weather forced
the Red Rose Barber Shop
Chorus to perform at Beahm
junior high school.
The summer musical »pro-
grams have been held at
Memorial park for several
years but this was the frst
time the alternate arrange
ments for indoor performance
were ever used
A good crowd attended and
the chorus gave a tremend-
ous program. As winners re
cently of a contest, the chor-
us will compete at Atlantic
City in. October.
New officers for the com-
Ing year of the Donegal Edu
cation association have been
named as foliows:
James Evans, sixth grade
teacher at Grandview. presi-
dent; Theodore Greider, geo-
graphy teacher at W.I. Beahm
junior high school, vice-presi
dent; Stephen Smith, fifth
grade teacher at Grandview,
secretary; and Dale Messner,
industrial arts teacher at W_L
Beahm school, treasurer.